Effects of Self-Efficacy, Motivation and Emotional Intelligence On Anxiety and Entrepreneurial Intention In Retired Employees

Retirement should not be feared of, but it should be faced with confidence, enthusiasm and good emotional management. The
purpose of the present study was to demonstrate that retirement is not an end of a career, but a resumable pending career. The
present study was quantitative. The population was retired teachers in Surabaya. The samples were 98 retired teachers, which
were calculated using the Lemeshow formula. The present study used the Partial Least Square (PLS) method with the Smart
PLS software. Results showed that self-efficacy had an effect on entrepreneurial intention, motivation had an effect on
entrepreneurial intention, emotional intelligence had an effect on entrepreneurial intention, anxiety moderated the effect of selfefficacy
on entrepreneurial intention, anxiety moderated the effect of motivation on entrepreneurial intention, and anxiety
moderated the effect of emotional intelligence on entrepreneurial intention.
Index Terms: Self-efficacy, motivation, emotional intelligence, anxiety, entrepreneurial intention